Sec. 33-72. Employee organization responsibilities.

   It shall be the responsibility of every employee organization not to:

   (a)   Interfere with, restrain or coerce an employee in the exercise of the rights assured by this article;

   (b)   Attempt to induce the county to coerce an employee in the exercise of the rights under this article;

   (c)   Coerce, attempt to coerce, or discipline, fine, or take other economic sanction against an employee member of an employee organization as punishment or reprisal, or for the purpose of hindering or impeding work performance or the discharge of duties owed as an employee of the county;

   (d)   Call or engage in a strike, work stoppage, or slowdown, picket the county in connection with a strike, work stoppage, or slowdown in a county-employee dispute, or condone any such activity by failing to take affirmative action to prevent or stop it;

   (e)   Discriminate against an employee with regard to the terms or conditions of membership because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, or marital status, as defined in Chapter 27.

(1977 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2; 2019 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 1.)

   Note-Formerly, § 33-73.

   Editor’s note—2019 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 2, states: This Act is known as the “Montgomery County CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act.”